Prison to penthouse: Affordable housing plans unveiled for former Manhattan penitentiary

A rendering of Liberty Landing, the former Bayview Correctional Facility, which will soon be transformed into affordable and supportive housing.

Rendering via Governor’s Office

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A former Manhattan prison will soon be transformed into affordable and supportive housing for once-incarcerated individuals, per a state plan that Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Monday.

Hochul plans to convert the state-owned, 100,000-square-foot former Bayview Correctional Facility on West 20th Street and 11th Avenue in Chelsea into Liberty Landing — providing affordable housing for low-income residents and supportive housing for former inmates reentering the

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